Islands in India: Near Shore Island

Continental Island

  • Elephanta Island – It is an island near Mumbai and a UNESCO site.
  • Diu Island – It is located off the south coast of Kathiawar, Gujarat.
  • Sriharikota – Sriharikota is a barrier island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. It is an ISRO launch station.
  • Abdul Kalam Island – Abdul Kalam Island is located off the Odisha coast. It is India’s most advanced missile testing site.

Aggradation Island

  • New Moore Island
    • It is a small uninhabited offshore sandbar landform in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta region
    • It emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in November 1970.
    • It keeps on emerging and disappearing.

Inland Island – Majuli Island

  • It is a riverine island in Assam formed by the Brahmaputra river, Disang river, and Subansiri river.
  • It is a neo – vaishnavite centre.
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